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From: dlawyer@balboa.eng.uci.edu (David Lawyer)
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Subject: Re: Help: High pitched noise from hard drive
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Date: 18 Jan 90 18:53:26 GMT
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In article <4714.25b49999@uwovax.uwo.ca> jansson@uwovax.uwo.ca writes:
>My hard drive makes a rather loud high pitched noise intermittently.

You could glue rubber strips to the grounding strap (brush) or put
silicone rubber on it.  Decreasing the tension may help (but don't
decrease it too much).

It the printed circuit board vibrates, one may put it under
compression by using wedges.  If the hard drive metal cover is
vibrating, one may tape a heavy weight to it to stop the noise.

			Dave Lawyer